Create a gmail filter for your boss's email that forwards the email to trigger@recipe.ifttt.com This will then call your phone and tell you the contents of the email.
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Send IFTTT any email
Send IFTTT any email at trigger@applet.ifttt.com and this Trigger fires. You can optionally add a single file attachment and IFTTT will create a public URL to the file as an Ingredient. This trigger will reject emails with attachments over 30MB.
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